first name
JERROLD
of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census
Of the 5,598 people named Jerrold, 79.9% reported their origin as White, 13.7% as Black and 1.9% as Asian or Pacific Islander. Virtually all are male (99.9%). These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.
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Jerrold peaked in 1954, when 343 babies got the name.
At least 8,467 babies have been given the name since 1911. Years SSA withheld, because fewer than 5 were born, are skipped rather than drawn as zero.
Jerrold by decade
Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 1940s, when it ranked #1,053. The largest share of babies named Jerrold, 41.8%, were born during the baby boom (1946–1964).
Rank counts both sexes together, among every name SSA recorded that decade; the number under it is births. The 2020s run only to 2025. Generation years follow Pew Research Center, which has not named a generation after 2012.
Where Jerrold is most common
Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Jerrold has been most common in Wisconsin (3×), Illinois (3×), and New York (2.3×), and least common in Florida (0.19×).
4,852 births recorded by state, 1910–2025. 2× means twice as common as nationally. States with fewer than 30 such births are left blank, and SSA withholds any year with fewer than 5 in a state, so small states read low.
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2 other first names also have 5,598 people.
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6 first names in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of Jerrold, most common first.
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